The administration led by Joe Biden lifted restrictions on Ukraine’s use of US-made weapons to strike deep into Russia, the agency reports Reuters citing sources close to the decision. Also the New York Times reports the news citing some administration officials who say that the missiles will probably be deployed initially against Russian and North Korean troops defending Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region. The news comes after Russia unleashed a violent offensive on Ukraine during the night between Saturday and Sunday, launching 120 missiles and 90 drones. It was one of the largest attacks since the beginning of the war. In various areas of the country, energy networks and thermal power plants were affected, with blackouts and fires in the capital which forced the population to flee their homes in the dark and take shelter in the subways. At the time of writing, according to the Kyiv Independent, “the large-scale missile and drone attack launched by Russia has killed at least seven civilians and injured at least 19 in multiple regions of the country.” Furthermore, according to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces published on Facebook, Russian troops hit the positions of the Defense Forces and populated areas of Ukraine with two missiles and as many as 112 guided aerial bombs. The Russians reportedly carried out more than 4,500 bombing raids, 88 of them using flares.
The Ukrainian president in a video message on Telegram Volodymyr Zelensky he stated that the air force shot down “over 140 aerial targets during the night and this morning, Russian terrorists used various types of drones, including the Shahed, as well as cruise, ballistic and aeroballistic missiles, such as the Zircon, the Iskander and the Kinzhals.” Who deluded himself that Vladimir Putin reduced the scale of the attacks on Ukraine was disappointed and it is clear that what happened the other night is a very clear message to Zelensky, the European Union, NATO and Donald Trump who promised to stop this war as well as the one in the Middle East. Today’s decision by Biden represents a clear reversal in American policy and comes two months after the inauguration of the president-elect Donald Trump.
The United States then decided to allow Ukraine to use Atacms missiles, a move that, according to American officials quoted by the New York Times, responds to Russia’s involvement of North Korean troops in the conflict. While this decision will not significantly affect the outcome of the war, it aims to send a clear message to North Korea. Ukraine could initially use these missiles against Russian and North Korean forces that pose a threat to Kursk, but the president Biden it could also extend its use to other strategic areas. North Korea could deploy up to 100,000 troops to support Russia in the conflict against Ukraine. Bloomberg reports this, specifying that an action of this magnitude would not be immediate and that military support of this scale, if confirmed, would probably be organized in batches with rotations of troops over time, rather than through a single deployment. The newspaper recalls that earlier this month the Ukrainian diplomat in South Korea, Dmytro Ponomarenkohad expressed a similar analysis.
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